Liberty
Mamdani devotes $260M to replacing cops with social workers
Jon Levine writes for the Washington Free Beacon about one of the New York City mayor’s latest bad ideas. New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani (D.) is sinking a quarter…
Police reform in the United States
Liberty
Harris Has History of Anti-Police Comments
Audrey Fahlberg writes for National Review Online about disturbing comments from Kamala Harris’ past. As presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris leans into her prosecutorial background on the 2024 campaign…
Liberty
D.C. Council Changes Its Tune About Cops
Alec Schemmel of the Washington Free Beacon writes about one city council that’s been mugged by reality. Washington, D.C.’s city council in the summer of 2020 voted to slash millions…
Liberty
Soaring Murder Rates Won’t Deter Blue City from Defunding Police
Jason Rantz writes for the Federalist about one West Coast city’s disregard for its residents’ safety. When the Seattle City Council defunded and demonized the police, homicides hit a 26-year…
Liberty
Pelosi Distances Democrats from ‘Defund the Police’
Brittany Bernstein of National Review Online reports on the latest pronouncement from U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) on Sunday claimed that “defund the police” is…
Liberty
Senate Republicans Take Aim at Biden’s Police Reform Proposals
Sarah Westwood of the Washington Examiner highlights a preemptive move from U.S. Senate Republicans. Senate Republicans are already taking aim at a police reform executive order that President Joe Biden…
Liberty
Urban Liberals Express Second Thoughts About Guns, Policing
Sarah Westwood of the Washington Examiner finds a change in attitude among urban liberals. Some residents of heavily Democratic cities are reconsidering approaches to public safety amid a spike in…
Law & Public Safety
Biden Adviser Working For Minneapolis Ballot Amendment To Defund Police
Hats off to Politico for reporting that Biden campaign pollster Celinda Lake is working for “Yes 4 Minneapolis,” the group pushing to pass Minneapolis’ November ballot amendment that would, in…
Law & Public Safety
Washington State Handcuffs Its Police
Jason Rantz writes for the Federalist about the likely consequences of new anti-police measures in one West Coast state. Washington state just reimagined policing with sweeping so-called “police accountability” bills…
Law & Public Safety
Crime Wave Could Doom Justice Reforms
James Antle of the Washington Examiner reports that a recent spike in crime could have a negative impact on bipartisan law enforcement reforms. A troubling rise in violent crime, including…
Law & Public Safety
Attacks on Police Lead to Fewer Police — Who Would Have Guessed?
Rich Lowry of National Review Online documents the decimation of American police forces. WANTED: Trained security professionals to deal with elevated levels of crime and mayhem at risk to their…
Law & Public Safety
Who Supports What? Comparing the Dem & GOP Police Reform Bills
From the folks at No Labels comes a side-by-side comparison of the two major pieces of congressional legislation to reform policing. For an easy-to-read full scene version, here’s the full…